Dear Ann,

I remember visiting Grandma, who hailed from Killeshandra, County Cavan, and the word ‘homosexual’ came over the radio. She had had enough and was bound to find out what it meant. The job fell to my uncle, a doctor, albeit of chemistry. This wonderful, holy woman lived 84 years before finding out what they were talking about. The expression on her face was as if she was forced to view the act itself.

T

And now a short photo essay. I call it, “They either didn’t know it existed, or vaguely did, but never, ever thought about it.”